After a few somersaults on the ground, he stood up, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Then, he looked at the old man who was walking towards him from a nearby grove. It was hard to determine his actual age, with sparse white hair falling out, wrinkles covering his face, and a bony and gaunt appearance.
Azure Fang could sense that the opponent’s cultivation was one and a half levels higher than the old man he beheaded just now – a Half-Step Sovereign Realm.
“Bear…”
The thin old man ignored Azure Fang, hurriedly walked to the headless corpse, and let out a painful cry, his face filled with endless sadness. The old man beheaded by Azure Fang just now seemed to be his blood relative.
“Left Guardian, you’ve come out of seclusion?”
Soon, another white-robed old man ran over, glanced at the corpse on the ground, then turned to the thin old man and spoke.
“Hmm?” Hearing the other’s words, Azure Fang’s pupils instantly shrank to needle-like sizes.
This morning, Billy had told him that among the four who attacked the Ray family back then, three were the current sect master of Sky-Quaking Daoist Sect and two elder guardians.
Evidently, the person in front of him was one of them.
Azure Fang’s face turned cold, and a terrifying murderous intent burst out of him, causing the surrounding air temperature to drop by several degrees.
“Left Guardian, please grieve. He killed Bear, and we’ll attack together to avenge Bear!” another white-robed old man pointed at Azure Fang and said to the thin old man.
“You go help the others; I’ll handle this myself!” After taking a deep breath, the thin old man looked at Azure Fang with a fierce expression.
“You dared to kill Bear, I will surely peel your skin!”
“Are you the elder guardian of Sky-Quaking Daoist Sect?” Azure Fang’s tone was even colder than the old man’s. “More than ten years ago, the Ray family’s matter, do you have a share in it?”
“Hmm?” The thin old man was slightly stunned, his pupils shrinking slightly. “Who are you?”
Because he had just come out of seclusion and had not followed Theobold before, he did not know Azure Fang’s identity.
“Left Guardian, he is a survivor of the Ray family!” The white-robed old man explained on the side.
“What?! Impossible!” The thin old man shouted, “How could there be survivors from the Ray family back then?”
“Left Guardian, it’s true!” The white-robed old man responded again. “The matter has been confirmed by the sect master. However, because you’ve been in seclusion for the past half year, the sect master hasn’t had a chance to tell you.”
“I didn’t expect you to be a survivor of the Ray family!” Hearing this, the thin old man no longer doubted, looking at Azure Fang, he spoke in a deep voice.
“More than ten years ago, you escaped your life. Today, no one can save your life…”
The thin old man’s words hadn’t finished yet when Azure Fang raised his hand and slashed out a blade, flashing past.
“How dare you!” The thin old man sneered, his palm swept out, blocking the blade.
“Surrender your life!” Following that, he roared, rushing towards Azure Fang like a ghost. While running, he raised his hand and unleashed more than ten powerful palm winds, fierce and unstoppable.
“Humph!” Azure Fang snorted, without any useless words, he raised his blade to meet the attack.
In the next moment, the two clashed, their figures flashing, and their aura raging.
In no time, a sharp and extremely sharp air vortex formed around the two, crushing everything in its path. The other white-robed old man was a Tier-two War God-Emperor, and although he wanted to help, just this aura made him dread, and he didn’t dare to approach.
Bang!
After more than ten rounds of intense fighting, a muffled sound rang out. Then, Azure Fang was sent flying, spraying blood into the air, flying out tens of meters away, falling to the ground, his breath weakened. He was nearly two levels lower than the opponent; being able to hold on for so many rounds without using his trump card was already a miracle.
“To be able to last so many moves in my hands, you really surprised me!” The thin old man looked at Azure Fang and said coldly. “However, with your strength, avenging your family is probably impossible! Back then, your immortal grandpa preferred to destroy the Eight-fold Fist manual rather than give it to us. He really…”
“I promise you’ll die miserably!!!” Azure Fang interrupted him word by word.
“Just with you?” The thin old man sneered, “It’s ridiculous! I’ll send you to reunite with your grandfather and them right away!”
Azure Fang breathed out heavily. Then, he frowned, and his eyes narrowed. Soon after, his eyes turned crimson, veins bulging on his forehead, and his aura became exceptionally chaotic, fluctuating between strong and weak.
“Ah…”
The next moment, Azure Fang roared to the sky, deafening. At the same time, a mighty force erupted from him, shaking the air like an avalanche, much stronger than his previous aura. The other white-robed old man couldn’t help but shudder, quickly retreating another hundred meters.
“Hmm?” Sensing this momentum, the thin old man furrowed his brows. “You broke through?”
“You wanted to experience the Eight-fold Fist, didn’t you?” Azure Fang responded with a cold tone after taking a deep breath. “If you can withstand this punch, I’ll give you the fist technique!”
Just as the opponent suspected, Casey had indeed broken through to the pinnacle of the War God-Emperor realm. Originally, over the past few days, under the influence of Billy’s Chi Essence Pill and a millennium Spirit Fruit, he had already elevated to a level where he had one foot in the pinnacle realm. Due to the short duration, the efficacy of the Chi Essence Pill and Spirit Fruit wasn’t fully absorbed, leaving some residual power in his body. Now, after seeing the murderer who wiped out his family, the emotions suppressed for over a decade erupted completely.
His Chi energy surged uncontrollably, recklessly impacting the meridians, and the remaining power seamlessly integrated, propelling him into the pinnacle realm.
“Humph!” The lean old man snorted, “Ignorant kid, do you think breaking through to the pinnacle realm makes you my equal? I was just playing with you earlier, didn’t want you to die so easily! Otherwise, do you think you could have lasted that long against me?”
“No more nonsense, make your move!” Azure Fang spoke while sheathing the Crescent Moon Saber.
“If you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant your wish!” The lean old man said as his aura surged to its peak.
In the next moment, hand seals flickered, waves of energy roared, and an illusionary giant axe appeared above his head, surrounded by thunder.
“Die!” The lean old man roared, and immediately the giant axe, accompanied by the force of thunder, descended towards Azure Fang.
“Eight-fold Fist!” Azure Fang’s voice echoed simultaneously. As the words fell, his figure flickered like a phantom, revealing the aura of the pinnacle God-Emperor realm. Following that, exerting tenfold strength, his fists relentlessly struck in succession, creating bursts of violent breaking wind sounds.
For a moment, the air was filled with countless fist shadows.